# Made-Up, False and Flat-out Wrong Trivia Dominoes **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 21, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580 "2014-04-21T03:04:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 27
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/521 "2014-05-15T23:05:52Z")
Crispy Critters was a breakfast cereal unsuccessfully marketed in the 60s and again in the 80s. Its failure was blamed on Post’s inclusion of Red Hots as one of the ingredients, following the popularity of the marshmallows in Lucky Charms. After dismal sales results, it was determined that little children thought the Red Hots were the hearts of dead animals. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/522 "2014-05-16T02:39:59Z")
The heart of your average house ant pumps 3000 times more blood than the average human heart does in each’s average lifetime. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/523 "2014-05-16T13:33:59Z")
The median age for a human lifetime–taking into account all the infant mortality statistics and the few people who have lived really long lives–is 415 years. The oldest people were 957, 968 and 1011; of course, there are no records of those births. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/524 "2014-05-16T14:00:57Z")
Butterfly McQueen, the actress in Gone With The Wind who stated, " I don’t know nothin’ ‘bout birthin’ babies" was pregnant when the movie was being filmed, and her famous line was ad-libbed. She gave birth one month after the movie was completed, and named her son Vivian Clark McQueen. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/525 "2014-05-16T15:17:45Z")
Steve McQueen’s real name is Ernesto Von Funke. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/526 "2014-05-16T15:18:21Z")
Steve McQueen was a German P.O.W. during World War II, and _The Great Escape_ is largely autobiographical. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/527 "2014-05-16T15:37:28Z")
The line delivered by Marlon Brando in “The Wild One” is a reference to an exchange from “The Great Escape”:\* “What are you rebelling against, Virgil?”_–_“crimes against peace, wars of aggression, war crimes, and crimes against humanity”.\* ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/528 "2014-05-16T17:11:50Z")
Harrison Ford’s real birth name was Virgil Bartholomew Fünke. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/529 "2014-05-16T17:46:12Z")
“Play That Fünke Music, Wyatt Boy” is an old Bohemian polka song remixed by Dr. Dre as a lullaby for his son Wyatt. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/530 "2014-05-16T17:58:50Z")
Wyatt Fünke is Lucy Liu’s actual birth name. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/531 "2014-05-16T18:01:49Z")
The original script for _Elementary_ called for Lucy Liu to play the part of Sherlock Holmes. Wayne Knight was originally considered to be Watson. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/532 "2014-05-16T20:48:23Z")
Wayne Knight also auditioned for the parts of Elaine and Kramer on _Seinfeld_. He lost the first due to concerns about makeup costs, and the second because he was considered too thin for the part. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/533 "2014-05-16T21:11:39Z")
The famous New York **Black and White** cookie was originally called “Small Failed Cake That We Iced With Leftover Frostings.” They were the first product to be advertised as BOGO. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/534 "2014-05-16T21:49:46Z")
Former football star and future Supreme Court Justice Byron White was given the nickname “Whizzer” at the University of Colorado after he urinated on the Dean’s porch, in order to get into a fraternity. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/535 "2014-05-16T23:04:33Z")
The University of Colorado sends more players to the NFL than any other college. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/536 "2014-05-16T23:58:00Z")
Despite the overwhelming number of NFL players from the University of Colorado, only one has actually made it on to the field without fainting from the richer oxygen content of the air. This player, Winslow Homer III, became a successful tight end by covering his head with a paper bag before donning his helmet. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/537 "2014-05-17T00:31:55Z")
The University of Colorado did not earn its nickname “The Mile-high College” from the rarefied air, if you get my drift. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/538 "2014-05-17T02:12:23Z")
Colorado and Wyoming have their names switched on about 10% of maps published in the US. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/539 "2014-05-17T02:38:45Z")
Wyoming is taken from the Wyoming Indians and means, “Wyoming.” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/540 "2014-05-17T04:30:56Z")
Dick and Lynne Cheney alone account for 2.3% of the total population of Wyoming, when they’re not claiming to be from Texas. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=28)